Cognitive behavioral stress management effects on prenatal anxiety among low-income women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Few studies have tested cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce prenatal anxiety despite substantial empirical support among individuals seeking treatment for anxiety symptoms. We examined whether a brief cognitive behavioral intervention delivered to low-income pregnant women would be efficacious for reducing prenatal anxiety.

Method

A sample of 100 primarily ethnic and racial minority pregnant women with subclinical anxiety (74% Latina, 18% Black; M_age = 26.5) were randomized to an 8-week cognitive behavioral stress management (CBSM) intervention (n = 55), or to an attentional control condition (n = 45). Two forms of anxiety (state and pregnancy-specific) were measured at baseline, post-treatment, and at follow-up in the postpartum

SUBMITTER: Ponting C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10037536 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature